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        "msgid": "move-over-salmon-indonesian-eel-found-to-have-worlds-highest-omega-3-content-1785048692",
        "date": "2026-07-26 06:45:00",
        "title": "Move Over Salmon: Indonesian Eel Found to Have World's Highest Omega-3 Content",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Research by Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) reveals that the Indonesian eel, or sidat, contains the highest levels of Omega-3 fatty acids, surpassing salmon. The fish is rich in DHA and EPA, which are crucial for brain development and heart health. Experts are calling for science-based sustainable management to protect the species' significant economic potential from overexploitation.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2013 Sidat (eel), a fish native to Indonesia, is\nknown to contain very high levels of Omega-3 fatty acids. Its content is\neven said to surpass the Omega-3 found in salmon and snakehead fish.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being rich in Omega-3, sidat also contains various\nother essential nutrients, such as vitamin A, B-complex vitamins, iron,\nprotein, calories and phosphorus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this time, we always assumed salmon had the highest levels, but\nit turns out sidat actually has the highest nutritional value,\u201d said\nGadis Sri Haryani, Principal Expert Researcher at the Limnology and\nWater Resources Research Centre of the National Research and Innovation\nAgency (BRIN), quoted from BRIN\u2019s official website on Sunday\n(26\/7\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Sidat is highly beneficial for the human body as it contains\nDocosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) for brain development and function, as well\nas Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA), which helps reduce inflammation while\nmaintaining heart health.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, sidat is one of Indonesia\u2019s fishery resources with\nsignificant strategic economic potential. Gadis emphasised the need for\na science-based sustainable management approach to prevent\noverexploitation that could threaten the sidat population in the\nfuture.<\/p>\n<p>Sidat has a catadromous life cycle, meaning it spends most of its\nlife in freshwater and only migrates to sea waters when it is ready to\nspawn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCatadromous means that when it hatches from an egg at sea, it\nbecomes a leptocephalus, or a unique eel larva that is flat, transparent\nand leaf-shaped, and does not yet have the ability to swim,\u201d she\nexplained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, during its journey from deep sea waters to the estuary \u2013 a\nsemi-enclosed body of water at the river mouth where freshwater mixes\nwith seawater \u2013 this larva transforms into a glass eel,\u201d she added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/move-over-salmon-indonesian-eel-found-to-have-worlds-highest-omega-3-content-1785048692",
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